WALKS IN HAMPSHIRE at FINCHDEAN, IDSWORTH & CHALTON (SOUTH DOWNS NATIONAL PARK & SUSSEX BORDER PATH)
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- This is another video in my series “ Walks in Hampshire” accompanied by my Whippet (Logan). In this episode, I take a walk from Finchdean to Chalton - a hamlet & a village on the Hampshire / West Sussex border. Finchdean is located about 5 miles North of Havant.
I park my car at a free car park in the centre of Finchdean and after a quick exploration of this pretty hamlet, I start my 4.5 mile circular route by heading Northwards over a meadow & up a ridge to join the Staunton Way.
After going through a delightful section of woodland, I pass by the Old Idsworth Garden, an ice house & a reconstructed pond before reaching my next destination - St Hubert's church at Idsworth.
The medieval village of Idsworth is long gone but it's enchanting church still survives with it's wonderful 1th century wall paintings.
I continue North along the Shipwrights Way, under the London to Portsmouth railway line (via a tunnel) and climb Chalton Down where I get to enjoy some stunning views of Windmill Hill (in the West) and the Queen Elizabeth Country Park in the North.
Next stop is the lovely village of Chalton with it's church, thatched cottages & one of the oldest pubs in Hampshire - The Red Lion.
After an enjoyable (and long!) lunch by a roaring fire in the pub - a perfect tonic for a bitterly cold January day - I head back South to Finchdean along the Sussex Border Path.
Whilst the weather was perfect for the first two thirds of the walk with bright sunshine & blue skies, the clouds did eventually turn up and it became quite dark for the return journey.
I am sorry for the very bad picture quality for the short video footage taken inside the pub but the light was very low and as a result the camera image stabilization couldn't cope but I wanted to include it as it was such a cosy atmosphere!
Map courtesy of Google Maps.
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Oh England, my merry England
How my heart bleeds for you
To walk over fields of green in the early morning dew
And to hear the chorus of the dawn, sung especially for me and you...
Thank you Dave & Logan for another beautiful walk...❤️
What lovely words! Thank you. :)
Very lovely walk Dave love the little church .Logan he’s a little darling he loves his walks and look so happy Bless him . Beautiful walks Dave .👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks Dee. Logan certainly enjoyed the walk although he was pleased that he had his "Winter" coat on!
Great walk Dave. Loved the church and the countryside looked resplendent. 👍🏻👌🏻. The Red Lion will do for an evening of refreshment. Keep well mate. 👍🏻🚶🏻♂️. Cheers Watto.
Thanks. Yes - we rather enjoyed the ambience of the Red Lion!
Dave, your videos show how fabulous England and especially Dorset, Hampshire and Sussex are. We must preserve its character and beauty !
Certainly agree with you there, Geoff.
What a great video. Loved the old pub. Looked really warm and cosy with the fireplace. 😀
Thanks Rachel. Yes, Logan & I could have happily remained in that pub for the rest of the day!
Lovely fireplace Dave enjoy your meal 🍾🥂cheers Dee
Those Sweet potato chips were delicious!
Excellent walk and Video Dave. 👌👌👌 Thank you for sharing.
Cheers guys. :)
Lovely walk. Really enjoying your videos, I always look forward to them on a Friday.
Thank you and indeed thanks for watching.
HI Dave yet another fantastic video very impressive scenery & a lovely walk.
Thanks Craig. It was a pretty valley with great views either side.
Very nice looking walk. Great video as always sir
Thanks Andrew. :)
What a stunning winter's day walk. I have actually walked in that area myself but quite a while ago now. I loved the long winter shadows - expecially Logan's. Fly away Peter, fly away Paul - enter St Hubert! That church is fascinating and the ice house beyond a interesting relic of the country estate. Thanks again for another super video. Always so enjoyable!
Thanks Jean. When the sun does come out (!), you can certainly get some great walks in the Winter.
Very good indeed.
Thanks and indeed thank you for watching.
Hello Dave. I found that church in the middle of a field rather odd. Couldn’t see any houses with sight, and yet it appeared to be still used.
When Logan emerged from that tunnel under the railway, I could see he was thinking “come on dad, put some effort into it “.
I don’t how how you had the heart to drag Logan away from that lovely fire!
I’ve heard of those pounds before, although I’ve never seen one.
I think Logan was very content in his "prime position" by the fire!
I did a walk there a few years ago. The woods, I think, to the right of the church was covered in wild garlic. It was stunning. Great video. 👍
Thanks Anne. We certainly enjoyed that part of the walk, going through the woods.
Hi Dave, love your videos and this is another fantastic walk selected by you. The histories of the places you visit are very interesting. Incidentally, I visited the Red Lion in Chalton last November (i.e., 2021) and enjoyed a superb pint of HSB in the same room as you did, although not quite by the fire! You can't beat an experience like that - like a little remnant of 'Olde England'. You wouldn't be the first person to find it difficult to leave that place! 😄 Keep well, and I look forward to further walks with you and Logan.
Thanks Phil. Yes, it was very "cosy" in the Red Lion, for sure!
Well, I'm bingeing on your lovely videos and clicking away at thumbs up. Nice to see that many areas are relatively unchanged since I last visited. (and I don't mean London).
Thanks Dave. Hampshire is such a pretty county - full of "gems" to explore for sure!
Haha the amount of stiles I come across that have no fence either one or both sides of them is mind boggling 😂
Oh well ... it keeps me fit! :)
The thoughts on St Hubert's church and why it is in the middle of the field are that at one stage all the fields surrounding it would have been woodland and the church was at the centre of the village which as Dave says is long gone. But farming, housing and of course shipbuilding have taken their toll of the wood and it is now on its own in the field. Remember it took over 550 trees to build the Mary Rose so a wood doesn't last long when you have the sort of demands that Henry VIII made on them.
Thanks for the background information Charles - that certainly explains it. Thank you for watching.
Lovely walk. St Hubert’s from the air if your interested
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Thank you.